100 pounds of marijuana seized in Oldham County

The Texas Department of Public Safety said troopers seized 100 pounds of marijuana and arrested a Plano woman after a traffic stop in Oldham County Tuesday night.

Trooper Gabriel Medrano said Marizol Ramirez, 34, of Plano was arrested on a marijuana possession charge at 7:32 p.m. Tuesday near Wildorado.

Medrano said a Highway Patrol trooper stopped Ramirez in her 2007 Mitsubishi pickup traveling east on Interstate 40. The truck was pulling a U-Haul trailer, he said. The trooper stopped the truck after noticing a defective tail lamp on the pickup, improper safety chains connecting the trailer to the truck and a lack of license plate lights, Medrano said.

The trooper suspected criminal activity and requested permission to search the vehicle. Ramirez consented and the trooper searched the vehicle, the DPS said. The trooper discovered 100 pounds of marijuana in 61 vacuum-sealed bundles concealed in two television sets and a cardboard box in the U-Haul, Medrano said.

He said the marijuana is valued at $540,000.

Ramirez was arrested on the marijuana charge and booked into the Oldham County jail, said Medrano.

Police said Ramirez bonded out of jail for $10,000.

Medrano said the drugs were allegedly being transported from Fresno, Calif., to Texas.